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January 1, 1987Scandinavian Journal of Infectious Diseases

A Study of the Sero-immunity That Has Protected the Swedish Population against Poliomyelitis for 25 Years

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Why the study?

Does the inactivated polio vaccine provide long-term sero-immunity against poliomyelitis in the Swedish population?

Population

Swedish population (over 99% of those born in the 1940s and later, and at least 90% of those born earlier)

Design

Cross-sectional

Follow-up

25 years

Authors

MBM BöttigerKarolinska Institutet

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Implication

Supports durable IPV sero-immunity in Swedish adults; leaves open generalizability and requires prospective confirmation before wider adoption.

Structured PICO

Does the inactivated polio vaccine provide long-term sero-immunity against poliomyelitis in the Swedish population?

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Population
Swedish population (over 99% of those born in the 1940s and later, and at least 90% of those born earlier)
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Intervention
Inactivated polio vaccine
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Outcome
Sero-immunity (antibody levels) against polio types 1, 2, and 3surrogate

General vaccination with inactivated polio vaccine provides stable, long-term sero-immunity in the Swedish population up to 25 years post-vaccination.

Cite This Study

M Böttiger (1987) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/6a905f5eccd91641af4dd535https://doi.org/10.3109/00365548709117192
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